Rum*

A cry from help from Rum...

Anyone kind enough to talk me through removing the following worm...

Detected as Wscript.KakWorm
Aliases VBS.Kak.Worm
Kagou-Anti-Krosoft
Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft
Infection Length 4116 bytes
Likelihood Common
Trigger Dates 1st of any month at 5 p.m.
Detected on December 27, 1999

....its frozen all email (??!!) i.e. I can't receive any mail - so if anyone can assist I'll be in the office for a while on 0113 250 0377...cheers Tom

robski

Rum,

you can try

john banks

I've not tried Robski's link but I kept getting "Driver Memory Error" for one month - thought it was dodgy CDRW drivers, but on 1st of the month it brings up a window saying "Kagou-Anti_Kro$oft says no today" and then a dialog box which when clicked resets the computer. I searched "Kagou-Anti-Kro$oft" in altavista and it came up with a 20 (!) stage fix involving some registry editing, although you might find a program to do it for you? I did the 20 stage fix and it worked first time, but you need to download a Microsoft "fix" for Outlook express as they in their wisdom left a back door that allows e-mails to run Active-X controls unchecked! (or something like that)

It was the first I was aware that viruses could spread in the body of an e-mail as well as the attachment.

Sorry, can't remember any of the links - hope this is helpful - the fix is easy if you follow the instructions.

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Check out Dr Solomons or

BarryK

Aren't they fecking nuisances. These virus writers are the sort of person who is so full of their own self imp[ortance they think anybody could give a toss about them.

Just like our Cavalier driving friend, I'm afraid. Can't resist interfering in every other bugger's life. Like we care.

I got the wrning message for this from the anti virus s/w so never had to go thru the rigmarole, though it seems relatively easy to get shut of.

Rum*

Cheers Guys - al your comments are appreciated - and I am now well on the way to fixing the "pesky little critter".

Thanks again - hopefully work email will be back up and running sometime tommorrow...in the meantime anyone wanting to contact me should call the office from 07.30 03/10//00 - 0113 250 0377.

Cheers again

Tom

Rum*

Cheers All,

Everything sorted now.

All comments appreciated.

Thanks again

Tom

Dave Bullock

I got the exact same thing. Driver error and then 1st of the month a daft box saying not today..........

Wouldn't ya just love to give the people who make these things a good sound kicking.....
In the name of good Christian love of course :-)